#the severed thread

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - December 6th - Biggest Pet Peeve

when a series you thought was a duology turns out to be a trilogy 🙈 but I'm still excited to read The Bone Spindle series when book 3 comes out in February

#the bone spindle #the severed thread #leslie vedder #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

[nerdishfeels]

BEST READS OF 2023

Hey guys! Here’s my top reads this year. I finished 10 books out of 20, which I’ll take proudly. Most of the year was spent stressing and writing lol.

The only book not pictured is Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (I listened to the audio book).

Also, does anyone else notice the colour scheme here? A lot of reds and purples. I’m loving the random colour coordination lol.

I hope you all had a great reading year and gained new favourites. I know I have. Let me know what you enjoyed!

Here’s to a year filled with more great and exciting reads! ❤️

#best reads #best reads of 2023 #2023 #booklr #book addict #reading #books #bookworm #a good girls guide to murder #legendborn #the severed thread #longshadow #the girls I’ve been #you’ve reached sam #one of us is lying #sweet bean paste

[thestormlightnetwork]

Taking two books and my kindle to a day and a half weekend getaway. Life is amazing.

#books #reading #if anyone was wondering #the books are: #the severed thread #the marionette #and on my kindle i'm currently reading #tress of the emerald sea

[sapphic-book-tournament]

Crier’s War by Nina Varela-

Now, Ayla, a human servant rising the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging the death of her family… by killing the Sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier. Crier, who was Made to be beautiful, to be flawless. And to take over the work of her father.

Crier had been preparing to do just that—to inherit her father’s rule over the land. But that was before she was betrothed to Scyre Kinok, who seems to have a thousand secrets. That was before she discovered her father isn’t as benevolent as she thought. That was before she met Ayla.

Set in a richly-imagined fantasy world, Nina Varela’s debut novel is a sweepingly romantic tale of love, loss and revenge, that challenges what it really means to be human.

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder-

Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love.

Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way.

Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who's been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him.

Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi--until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle while exploring a long-lost ruin. Now she's stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose until she and Shane can break the century-old curse on his kingdom.

Dark magic, Witch Hunters, and bad exes all stand in her way--not to mention a mysterious witch who might wind up stealing Shane's heart, along with whatever else she's after. But nothing scares Fi more than the possibility of falling in love with Briar Rose.

Set in a lush world inspired by beloved fairytales, The Bone Spindle is a fast-paced young adult fantasy full of adventure, romance, found family, and snark.

#sapphic book tournament #sapphic books #lesbian #lesbian books #sapphic #lgbt #lgbt books #sapphic fiction #lgbt characters #lesbian romance #the bone spindle #the severed thread #ayla x crier #crier’s war #criers war #crier x ayla #nina varela #the cursed rose #sapphic characters #sapphic fantasy #lesbian fantasy novels #lesbian characters #lesbian novels #lesbian stories #lesbian fiction #lgbt representation #lgbtq characters #lgbt romance #ya books #ya fiction

[syrenami]

Prince Briar Rose from The Bone Spindle ✨🥀

#the bone spindle #the severed thread #sleeping beauty #briar rose #book fanart #fairy tale retelling #my art #character design

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Sapphic Fairytale Reimaginings, Part I

Fave Five: Sapphic Fairytale Reimaginings, Part I

These are all reimaginings of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, or a combination of the two. Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells (YA) Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (YA) The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder (YA) A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow Malice by Heather Walter

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#Alix E. Harrow #Briar Girls #Fairytales #Fantasy #Fractured Fables #Girls Made of Snow and Glass #Heather Walter #Leslie Vedder #Malice #Melissa Bashardoust #Misrule #Rebecca Kim Wells #retellings #Sleeping Beauty #The Severed Thread

[sunstainedpages]

"I'm here now," Shane said, a little catch in her voice. "I'll save you anytime you need it."

~ The Severed Thread

#don't mind me just fucking sobbing #the severed thread #the bone spindle #reading #quotes

[whimsicaldragonette]

Blog Tour and Arc Review: The Severed Thread by Leslie Vedder

Welcome to my stop on the Severed Thread book tour with Colored Pages Blog Tours. (This blog tour is also posted on my Wordpress book blog Whimsical Dragonette.)

Book Info:

TITLE: The Severed Thread AUTHOR: Leslie Vedder PUBLISHER: Razorbill RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2023 GENRES: YA Fantasy PAGES: 416 REPRESENTATION: Queer

Click "read more" for buy links, synopsis, author info, my review, favorite quotes, and tour schedule

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Synopsis:

Fi has awakened the sleeping prince, but the battle for Andar is far from over. The Spindle Witch, the Witch Hunters, and Fi’s own Butterfly Curse all stand between them and happily ever after.

Shane has her partner’s back. But she’s in for the fight of her life against Red, the right hand of the Spindle Witch who she’s also, foolishly, hellbent on saving.

Briar Rose would do anything to restore his kingdom. But there’s a darkness creeping inside him—a sinister bond to the Spindle Witch he can’t escape.

All hopes of restoring Andar rest on deciphering a mysterious book code, finding the hidden city of the last Witches, and uncovering a secret lost for centuries—one that just might hold the key to the Spindle Witch’s defeat. If they can all survive that long…

Set in a world of twisted fairytales, The Severed Thread combines lost ruins, ride-or-die friendships, and heart-pounding romance.

Author Bio:

Leslie Vedder is a YA author who loves girl heroes and adventurers. She grew up on fantasy books, anime, fanfiction, and the Lord of the Rings movies, and met her true love in high school choir. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in creative writing, and currently lives in Colorado with her wife and two spoiled house cats.

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My Rating: ★★★★★

My Review:

This was such an incredibly good follow-up to the Bone Spindle. I loved it!

I love love love these characters and this world. They're all so multi-faceted and intriguing. I can't wait for the next book. I especially love how unpredictable I find it. I've read so many YA fantasy novels over the years and this one never quite reveals what I expect it to with each turn of the page. As is the way of second books in trilogies, the entire story feels like a relentless headlong rush, and at the same time a carefully balanced push-and-pull of wins and losses. Not a stalemate, exactly, but never with a clear winner either.

My absolute favorite part, hands down, is when they form a small band of adventurers and treasure-hunters. First it was Fi and Shane, then they picked up Red and Briar, and now they've reeled in Perrin as well. And there is such warmth and camaraderie between them -- and they all seem a lot happier out in the elements, fighting for their lives and searching for treasure and hatching plans. I never trusted the golden city of Everlynd, and I find I like the story much better once they leave it behind.

I'm not sure what I think of the Paper Witch either. He has his own secrets, and he holds them closer than the others do. He's more enigmatic and I'm never sure what he'll do. The others' motivations are easier to read.

I love how we get a glimpse into the founding of Andar, with the history of Aurora and the Butterfly Witch and the Spindle Witch! I hope we get to discover a lot more about this later because I find it fascinating.

The ending came out of nowhere and wasn't anything like what I predicted and at the same time I can't imagine it going any other way. It, like the rest of the storytelling, feels right and perfectly placed and thought-out.

I care about these characters so much: Fi and Shane and Briar and Red. Perrin, too, though I don't know him that well yet. I'm not sure I trust him yet - his motivations have been too unclear to me, but I like him quite a lot. I like all of them and I feel almost like a part of their group. Which is probably why the plot was able to take me so off-guard - I'm in the thick of it with the rest of them.

This (and the Bone Spindle) are definitely going on my favorite books of the year list.

*Thanks to Colored Pages Blog Tours, Penguin Teen, and NetGalley for providing an early copy for review.

Favorite Quotes:

Fi looked disappointed. But Shane wasn’t surprised. The kind of person who crawled around in the bowels of Witch mines prying out rubies with ominous names was just asking to go missing.

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Ivan must have mounted up after she lost track of him, fast enough on horseback to get out of the way of the mudslide. Or he’s come back from the dead to get revenge, Shane thought. She wouldn’t put it past him.

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“Just cut it all off,” Shane insisted. She was looking a little ragged around the edges and a dark bruise stood out on her cheekbone, but she was in high spirits. “With what, your ax?” Fi asked, arching an eyebrow. “Because I can guarantee that haircut would strike fear into the hearts of your enemeis—and your friends.”

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“No,” Perrin said with a smile. “The magic is locked tightly inside it. It’s perfectly safe. Well, mostly safe.” He gave it a mistrustful look. “Probably safe. You know, on second thought, I’m just going to put this away.”

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“I didn’t even know you could burn soup,” he admitted. “Typical prince. You can burn anything—I would know,” Shane assured him. “But most of it’s edible anyway.”

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Her fingers fumbled for something to hold on to—and then her hand found Briar’s, squeezing it tight, and something swept through him, such a big warm feeling it had to be magic.

Tour Schedule

February 1st

Fall Between the Pages - Book Review

Allmyfriendsareinbooks - Book Review

February 2nd

@the_princess_library - Book Review

February 3rd

More Books Please - Book Review

February 4th

Brittyoreads - Book Review

February 5th

Whimsical Dragonette - Review & Favorite Quotes

February 6th

Conn_reada - Book Review

Leandra the TBR Zero - Book Review & Recommendation

February 7th

Pisces: The Book Lover - Book Review

February 8th

Ofbooksandromance - Book Review

February 9th

Readwithatlas  - Book Review

February 10th

Utopia.state.of.mind - Book Review

The._bookarazzi - Book Review

February 11th

My World of Wonders - Book Review & Favorite Quotes

@poatic.library - Book Review & Reel

February 12th

@Margiebythebookcase  - Book Review

February 13th

_holmescollections - Book Review

February 14th

@theenchantedshelf - Book Review

#colored pages blog tours #blog tour #leslie vedder #the severed thread #the bone spindle #netgalley #queer books #lgbt+ #ya fantasy #razorbill #shilo reads #arc review #best books of 2023 #TheSeveredThreadTour #penguin teen

[sahana-draws]

Fi and Shane from The Bone Spindle, by Leslie Vedder 🤍

This was such a chaotic and cool scene, I HAD to paint it!

They're both trapped in this creepy magical room, with bolts shooting everywhere and fire spreading and they're running around trying to stop the bolts and escape xD

#leslie vedder #the bone spindle #the severed thread #bookish art #fi and shane #book based paintings #sleeping beauty retelling

[amarbell123]

“Engrave it onto your heart for me. Some stories should never be forgotten.”

-The Cursed Rose (Leslie Vedder)

#the bone spindle #Leslie Vedder #the severed thread #the cursed rose

[acourtofpaperandink]

Book Review: The Cursed Rose By Leslie Vedder

Post by: BookGirl The Bone Spindle (book 1) The Severed Thread (book 2) The Cursed Rose (book 3) By: Leslie Vedder Cover: Not a fan of people on covers but at least it matches the other books. Story: ★★ So this book picks up shortly after the second one. Fi is being held prisoner by the spindle witch and she needs to figure out a riddle left by Briar Rose’s sister. The spindle witch needing…

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#The bone spindle #the cursed rose #The severed thread #YA #YA books #yabooks

[jessryno]

Book Review: The Cursed Rose By Leslie Vedder

Post by: BookGirl The Bone Spindle (book 1) The Severed Thread (book 2) The Cursed Rose (book 3) By: Leslie Vedder Cover: Not a fan of people on covers but at least it matches the other books. Story: ★★ So this book picks up shortly after the second one. Fi is being held prisoner by the spindle witch and she needs to figure out a riddle left by Briar Rose’s sister. The spindle witch needing…

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#The bone spindle #the cursed rose #The severed thread #YA #YA books #yabooks

[kedreeva]

Okay if you haven't yet, and you have Netflix/Paramount+, consider giving "School Spirits" a chance.

It looks like a silly little cheesy teenage ghosts show, I put it on for background noise, and then got totally engrossed in the mystery. It's VERY well written, very well filmed, the mystery was GREAT and the payoff at the end is also great.

One of the things majorly lacking in shows I've recently tried to watch is that they try to do a twist/reveal at the end that comes out of nowhere. They don't want you to guess what they're doing. This show doesn't do that. This show wants you to guess. They give you seven different mysteries and enough clues to guess (most of) what is going on, so that when you get the final puzzle piece to any given mystery, it feels GREAT.

The story premise is this: a teenager in hs wakes up as a ghost in the hs, and doesn't remember how she died, and with the help of the other ghosts, tries to solve the mystery of her own death.

Simple premise. BEAUTIFULLY executed. Not all of the questions that arise get answered, but the main one (what she doesn't remember) gets solved by the end of the season, leaving the "why/how and what comes next" to be carried to the next season. It does a cliffhanger RIGHT. But now I desperately want to see the second season (which I believe has been approved, so it's a matter of waiting).

So pretty please, if you're looking for something to do and a great, engaging lil mystery to watch, consider! School Spirits!!

#school spirits #there is so much in this show #Spike and I finished watching it today #her for the first time me for the second #and the second time through it was even better because I was picking up the right threads #the first time through there are SO MANY CLUES #but there are also SO MANY MYSTERIES that you aren't sure which clues belong to which mystery #and then the last half of the last ep hits #and dumps out all the final puzzle pieces to several mysteries #and we spent like an hour digging through thoughts afterword #pulling out themes and clues #and there are some potentially REALLY CLEVER things done #and actually they 100% followed through on the things they set forth and paid off so far #so I feel pretty confident some of the things we pieced together actually belong to the puzzle #and aren't just mistakes #or coincidences #and it's been so long since I got to see actually good writing STAY good writing through #I'm so stoked for this series

[utilitycaster]

The thing about Otohan is that she had an awesome mechanical build and she served a narrative purpose in that the party lived in fear of her for nearly 60 episodes but she truly did die as she lived, with a personality replaced by frogs and murderous intent. And the thing is I suspect there's plenty of interesting stuff about there. I've been there as a DM, having built a super cool NPC with worldbuiding ties that the party simply did not give a shit about, and I think that's the same situation here.

Legend of the Peaks isn't particularly meaningful since only two party members have any recollection of the Apex War and neither show the slightest interest in the politics thereof and they haven't really been relevant to the story. We don't know why she worshiped the Raven Queen once nor what happened to make her stop while still using that symbol...and it hasn't really been relevant to the story. We don't know if the backpack came from her or was from Ludinus...but it's not really relevant to the story other than tracing the potions of possibility back through Treshi and Jiana. We don't know what specifically drove her towards the Vanguard other than lacking answers as a Ruidusborn - which may have simply been enough - but again. Not relevant. We have Liliana to represent the perspective of a Ruidusborn who went through the Omen Archive study and whose motivations warped and twisted from a place of genuine worry and fear, and we have Ludinus to represent the centuries-long architect of this entire plan (plus he can't stop monologuing about his motivations, and that is a compliment). That's plenty.

And so Otohan consistently fails the Sexy Lamp With A Gun Attached Test, and it doesn't really matter, and I'm sure there was a backstory there but there's quite literally been no reason to care about it at any point, and I think most people do not. Her entire purpose within the narrative was that of a sentient evil Jersey Barrier that ultimately had to be blown up. I'm infinitely more interested in the loot drop that resulted from her death (and obviously the emotional ramifications of FCG's sacrifice) than any of her repetitive zealot bullshit.

#sam should play an apex war veteran #having further Thoughts re c2 character creation vs. c3 here #bc like. fwiw due to the ties to jiana? i suspect if the party hadn't been able to call in the VM favor for laudna #otohan might have become rather more relevant #OR if treshi/bassuras had been paced out differently and they had to spend more time in the Paragon's Call #like again i think the campaign mostly recovered post-solstice from the slog of the 20s-40s infodumping #though the scars remain; but i think otohan's intrigue was absolutely a casualty of the issues at that time #as i think i said recently had the party gone to yios first i think that would have fixed a LOT #anyway. last hanging thread of plot from that has finally been severed thanks fcg you were a real one. rest in piss otohan #cr spoilers

[elalalune]

Twist, Intertwine, Tangle, Spiral

#trigun #trigun stampede #tristamp #millions knives #knives millions #vash #vash the stampede #kv #plantcest #my art #love of my life by queen is a really nice song that would fit kv 🥺 #cried for several hours bc I could never touch knives' badonkadonks and even if he was real I'd still end up losing a few limbs if I do 😔 #also red thread of fate!!! soulmates!! they complete each other!! oh if only nothing had happened #back then... #so dont mind the title I really just wanted to say the acronyms

[sunstainedpages]

I'm sorry but I just need to scream about how much I love Shane!!! Like she is absolutely determined to do the right thing and save the people she cares about!! She walked away from one family and now is so determined not to loose this one!! I just ughhh!! SHE!!

#the bone spindle #the severed thread #reading